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Kiev - Ukraine's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the country's disputed election results can't be made official until it considers an appeal. Pro-Western candidate Viktor Yushchenko had filed an appeal with the court earlier in the day to declare the results invalid. "This is only the beginning," said Yushchenko after learning of the court's ruling, speaking to 100,000 of his supporters who have been staging a protest in the heart of Kiev, the country's capital. On Wednesday, election officials declared the pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of Sunday's run-off vote, by a margin of about three percentage points. Western-type exit polls had suggested that Yushchenko was leading by about seven percentage points. Jerusalem - The Palestinian leader who is serving five consecutive life terms for his role in deadly attacks against Israelis, will run to replace Yasser Arafat as the president of the Palestinian Authority. Lawyers for Marwan Barghouti informed the leaders of the dominant Palestinian faction Fatah that he will compete in the Jan. 9 presidential election to succeed Arafat,. Dublin - Alcohol plays a part in four out of 10 traffic deaths in Ireland, says the government's National Safety Council. Police say they arrest about 250 motorists a week for suspected drunk driving, creating a backlog in the courts.
